wrasse

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wrasse

/ɹæs/

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Plural of dialectal (Cornwall) wrah, wraugh, wrath, from Cornish wragh (“old woman, hag; wrasse”), lenited form of gwragh.

noun wrasses

Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the family Labridae, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are brightly colored.
Similar: sea parrot

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noun fish of the family Labridae

日本語	遍羅, 倍良 bera
中文	瀨魚 /濑鱼 làiyú
Português	bodião
Français	girelle, labre, vieille
Deutsch	Lippfisch
Italiano	tordo di mare, labride
Ελληνικά	χειλού cheiloú, λαπίνα lapína
Русский	губан guban
Tiếng Việt	cá bàng chài

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@misc{wrasse_2026,
  title = {wrasse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wrasse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}